CLOs at a glance (September 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Fight for leaderboard top-spot intensifies as Blackstone prints Peace Park CLO
Blackstone Credit priced its seventh US CLO of the year on Tuesday just days after Carlyle Group became the first manager to achieve the feat, as the two firms battle for top spot on the leaderboard for issuance in 2021

Carlyle shoots to top of issuance leaderboard with huge seventh US CLO
Carlyle Group is the CLO manager with the highest US issuance volume so far this year after becoming the first firm to print seven new CLOs

Vibrant mirrors first CLO of year with follow-up via BNP Paribas
Vibrant Capital Partners priced its third new issue US CLO on Thursday and its second via BNP Paribas

Blackstone regains top CLO spot as it slashes 60bp funding costs on 2020 reset
BNP Paribas has reset and upsized Blackstone's Avondale Park, cutting the CLO’s funding costs by over 60 basis points

Napier Park takes CLO regatta to 20 vessels
Napier Park has brought its first new US CLO in nearly six months, pricing the upsized deal in line with guidance via BNP Paribas

Octagon slashes 55bp from CLO funding costs by resetting 2020 deal
Octagon Credit Investors has priced the reset of its 2020 deal Octagon Investment Partners 46 by partnering with BNP Paribas. 

Euro 2021 CLO volume exceeds €60 billion as BNPP and Axa IM pair for new issue
BNP Paribas arranged Axa IM's return to the primary CLO market after 21 months 

BNP Paribas refis one-year CLOs managed First Eagle and Octagon
BNP Paribas arranged CLO refinancings for First Eagle Investment Management and Octagon Credit Investors, with both deals having only around one year of reinvestment remaining

AGL and Partners upsize legacy CLO deals with resets
AGL Credit Management and Partners Group each priced a CLO reset on Monday, with both firms opting to upsize their legacy deals in the process

Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows add €2 billion to weekly Euro CLO issuance
Nearly €2 billion of European CLO issuance priced this week, with Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows adding to Napier Park’s reset earlier in the week

PGIM and Sculptor add to CLO reset wave
PGIM and Sculptor Capital Management have thrown their hats into the CLO reset ring

AGL and Blackstone reset and upsize post-covid CLOs from 2020
AGL Credit Management and Blackstone Credit added to their respective 2020 CLO reset sprees on Monday, with both managers upsizing their post-covid deals

CLO demand to drive loan outperformance over bonds: BNP Paribas
The buying power of CLOs and funds could mean leveraged loans rally further and outpace high yield bonds, says BNP Paribas' credit research team

MidCap and Steele Creek add to 2019 CLO refi supply
Steele Creek Investment Management and MidCap each refinanced a 2019 CLO on Friday

Bardin Hill refinances triple A notes of 2017 CLO to 108bp
Bardin Hill Investment Partners refinanced the triple A notes of Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding CLO 2017-2 on Monday

Niagara falls: CLO spreads come down in Blackstone refi to highlight 2019 v 2021 basis
Blackstone Credit has refinanced one of its 2019 US CLOs. The CLO, Niagara Park CLO, has three years of reinvestment remaining and while the seniors priced inside the five-year Point Au Roche (100bp to 108bp), mezzanine tranches were wider despite the refi's shorter tenor.

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

Anchorage prints new $458 million CLO via BNP Paribas
Anchorage Capital has issued its second new CLO of the year, naming the deal Anchorage CLO 17

Two managers reset huge 2017 CLOs, boosting supply by $2.25 billion
Ares Management and CBAM have each priced resets of CLOs issued in 2017, adding $2.25 billion of supply to the market

US triple As narrow to 108bp as Blackstone prints yet another new CLO
Blackstone Credit brought the CLO market tighter on Friday by printing a new deal with triple As at just 108 basis points over Libor

CLO pipeline: queue gets longer as Blackstone goes again and Sancus makes first move
The queue to price for US CLO managers is only getting larger with 18 new issue CLOs in the pipeline, according to market sources, along with 18 repricings and two new issue European CLOs and two mid market CLO resets

CLO pipeline: US market on track for June boom
CLO issuance is set to boom in the coming weeks with the pipeline ballooning as the market looks ahead to June

Ellington and MJX score refis of 2019 CLOs
Ellington Management Group and MJX Asset Management are the latest firms to print refinancings of 2019 CLOs

Post-covid CLO reset market heats up as Jocassee, PGIM and Oaktree price
The post-covid CLO reset spree is well underway as three managers - Jocassee Partners, PGIM and Oaktree Capital Capital Management - reworked deals that originally issued in April or May 2020